Person shot at Oklahoma City airport

OKLAHOMA CITY – A Southwest Airlines employee was shot Tuesday at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City.

The airline said, “The Southwest Airlines family is deeply saddened by the passing of our Southwest family member, and we extend our heartfelt sympathies and support to his family and Southwest co-workers at this time.”

The victim is Michael Winchester, said Capt. Paco Balderrama of the Oklahoma City Police Department. Winchester was believed to be 51 years old.

The airport has been closed to commercial traffic since the shooting, though one government plane landed.

Police advised anyone inside the facility to “shelter in place,” a tweet from the department said. Police said they were moving people from inside the airport to a parking lot.

Authorities were going deck by deck in a parking garage, Balderrama said.